9 nē īdles lēoþes wyrcan ne meahte, ac efne þā ān ðā ðē tō
[10] ǣfęstnisse[1] belumpon [ǫnd his þā ǣfęstan tungan gedafenode]
11 [singan].
12 Wæs hē, sē mǫn, in weoruldhāde[3] gesęted oð þā tīde þe
13 hē wæs gelȳfdre ylde, ǫnd nǣfre nǣnig lēoð geleornade.
[14] Ǫnd hē for þon oft in gebēorscipe, þonne þǣr wæs [blisse]
15 [intinga] gedēmed, þæt hēo[4] ealle sceolden þurh ęndebyrdnesse
16 be hearpan singan, þonne hē geseah þā hearpan him
17 nēalēcan, þonne ārās hē for scǫme frǫm þǣm symble,
[18] ǫnd hām ēode tō his hūse. Þā hē [þæt þā sumre tīde]